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Customer Release Notes

08/20/2019 P/N: 9036461-00 Rev AA Subject to Change Without Notice Page: 1 of 10

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6480 Via Del Oro

San Jose, CA 95119

+1 888-257-3000

ExtremeLocation

Version 3.1

August 20, 2019

CONTENTS

Contents .....................................................................................................................................................................1

Introducion: .................................................................................................................................................................1

Software Specification: ...............................................................................................................................................2

Supported Devices .....................................................................................................................................................2

Supported Wireless Access Points: ........................................................................................................................2

Mobile APP Support ................................................................................................................................................3

Installation and Configuration Notes:..........................................................................................................................4

New Features, Software Changes, And Enhancements ............................................................................................5

Known Restrictions and Limitations:........................................................................................................................ 10

Supported Web browsers ........................................................................................................................................ 10

Global Support: ........................................................................................................................................................ 10

INTRODUCION:

ExtremeLocation is the next generation Indoor Location tracking, Asset tracking and Engagement solution from

Extreme Networks which leverages enterprise Wireless Local Area Networks(WLAN), BLE Beacons and Mobile

applications for providing the services. ExtremeLocation offers zero-touch cloud hosted solution to meet the scale

and performance requirements that big box locationing deployments demand. The solution offers the following

key features.

 Presence

 Zone tracking

 Position tracking

 Analytics & reporting

 API for 3rd party integration

 Beacon Fleet Management

 Proximity Engagement

 BLE/Wifi based Asset tracking

 Industry based customisations

 Mobile Apps for deployment assistance

 Mobile Apps for Engagement and Bluedot

The product is licensed based on use cases -

1. AP Licenses - There are no individual licenses for different features Wifi based location features. When a

ExtremeLocation license is assigned to all APs or sensors in ExtremeLocation for a given site, the relevant

features are available automatically for that site. For example, if a site has 10 APs/sensors, then one would need

to assign 10 licenses to enable location based services for that site.

Summary of content (10 pages)

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6480 Via Del Oro San Jose, CA 95119 +1 888-257-3000 Customer Release Notes ExtremeLocation Version 3.1 August 20, 2019 CONTENTS Contents .....................................................................................................................................................................1 Introducion: .................................................................................................................................................................1 Software Specification: .....
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ExtremeLocation Customer Release Notes 2. App Visit Licenses – The App visit licenses are used for App based engagement using BLE beacons. The Short/Long visit licenses are consumed based on the number of visits from the App users in an ExtremeLocation enabled environment. 3. Asset Licenses – In the 3.1 release, Asset licenses are automatically enabled if the AP licenses have been applied to a site. This includes both Wifi & BLE based asset tracking.
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ExtremeLocation Customer Release Notes Product Image ExtremeWireless AP3912 ExtremeWireless 10.41.17 or later (No BLE Asset Tracking) ExtremeWireless AP3915 ExtremeWireless AP3916 ExtremeWireless AP3917 ExtremeWireless AP3935 ExtremeWireless AP3965 ExtremeWireless AP3805 ExtremeWireless AP5xx ExtremeWireless 7.x (No BLE Asset Tracking) MOBILE APP SUPPORT 1. Android based ExtremeLocation Wifi Toolbox application can be downloaded from Google Play store. The App can be used for a.
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ExtremeLocation Customer Release Notes a. Demos of the ExtremeLocation proximity based engagements b. Recommendation would be to use the Android based ExtremeLocation Bluedot instead of this app going forward. Download - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.footmarks.demos.extremedemo 5. Android based ExtremeLocation Bluedot can be downloaded from the Google Playstore. The app can be used for a. Demos of the ExtremeLocation proximity based engagements b.
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ExtremeLocation Customer Release Notes NEW FEATURES, SOFTWARE CHANGES, AND ENHANCEMENTS New Features in v3.1.0 Asset Tracking – The platform now supports the ability to onboard assets and use a BLE tag or a Wifi radio to track the asset by attaching the relevant tracking device to it. Even third party BLE tags(no management/telemetry in ExtremeLocation) can be used for this purpose.
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480 Via Del Oro San Jose, CA 95119 +1 888-257-3000 Customer Release Notes New Features in v1.2.0 ADSP Migration – The system supports migration path for customers who deployed location based services using AirDefense Services Platform (ADSP). Customers can now seamlessly migrate site hierarchy, AP placement, floor designs and RTLS calibration data from ADSP to ExtremeLocation to take advantage of enhanced location analytics and scalability performance that it offers.
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6480 Via Del Oro San Jose, CA 95119 +1 888-257-3000 Customer Release Notes Features in v 1.0.1 UI Improvements – Improved user experience in viewing and filtering all client devices located by the system. In the Client View, the user can filter Visitor, Asset, Associate devices with a single click. Employee Personal Devices – The system detects and learns employee owned devices and then discard them from Client View and location analytics automatically.
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ExtremeLocation Customer Release Notes Features in v 1.0 Zone Tracking: Wi-Fi Zone Tracking is fairly easy to design and setup, but can also give a higher proximity granularity than Presence Detection. Wi-Fi Zone Tracking takes the RSSI information from an AP or a sensor and determines the associated zone of a client device based on how close it is to a specific sensor in the monitored environment.
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ExtremeLocation Customer Release Notes Features in v 1.0 Location Analytics: Location analytics are important component of ExtremeLocation. These analytics are based on presence or location data for the clients in the environment.
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ExtremeLocation Customer Release Notes KNOWN RESTRICTIONS AND LIMITATIONS: Known Issues in 3.1 • • • • • • Unable to download dashboard data in csv format when restricted characters like '/' are used in Industry nomenclature. Asset Position (Position tracking) with BLE Sensors does not work when APs are placed @ 28 Feet Height.